Frank James

Alexander Franklin "Frank" James (10 January 1843-18 February 1915) was an American outlaw and the brother of the infamous bushwhacker Jesse James.

Biography
Alexander Franklin "Frank" James was born on 10 January 1843 in Kearney, Missouri, and he wanted to become a teacher when he grew up; both his father and his brother Jesse were teachers. In 1861, he joined the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, and he was captured by the Union later that year; in 1863, he broke his parole and joined some Confederate guerrillas. From 1868 to 1876, he was involved in four robberies, and he surrendered to the Governor of Missouri in 1882 after his brother Jesse was shot by one of his own gang members. Frank James was never convicted on any charges, and he worked as a shoe salesman and a burlesque theater ticket puncher in St. Louis; the theater advertised itself by telling customers to have their tickets punched by the legendary Frank James. In his final years, he gave tours of his family's farm back home, and he died at his farm in 1915 at the age of 72.